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" We are pleased to dismiss politics as entirely corrupt, if not financially, intellectually. "
Gore Vidal
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" In August 1961, I visited President Kennedy at Hyannis Port. The Berlin Wall was going up, and he was about to begin a huge military buildup - reluctantly, or so he said, as he puffed on a cigar liberated by a friend from Castro's Cuba. "
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" In politics, you've got to have a fallback in our line of work because your career can be over in an instant. Not that I would make much money playing a harmonica. "
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" Friends, there is no Left in American politics. "
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" I could pose in fashion commercials as a high society star but politics is a new way of life. "
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" I am not God. Nor am I Phantom. I am ready to accept any criticism. I have been in politics for decades. Each and every day, in several media, there is criticism of me. "
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" I think I have a normal threshold of anger, but it's true that I am, by nature, belligerent. "
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" In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times. "
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" Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party. "
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" Sitting at a candidate rally is similar to sitting in a ballyard. Both give you the opportunity to assess the technical metrics and reflect on the intangibles - what baseball calls 'make up' and politics calls 'character' - the leadership, talent and maturity to add value to a venture. "
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" Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little. "
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